Jerusalem (CNN)The Israeli Air Force launched a "wide-scale attack" against Hamas military targets in Gaza on Friday, after an Israeli soldier died after being hit by gunfire from the coastal enclave, according to the Israeli military.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the shooting attack took place Friday during a Palestinian protest along the fence separating Gaza and Israel.

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It's the first Israeli soldier killed along the Gaza fence since the last war between Israel and Hamas in 2014, the army said.

The IDF responded first with tank and artillery fire, killing four people according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

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Hamas said in a WhatsApp message to journalists that three of the four people killed were members of its armed Qassam Brigades.

In addition to the shooting incident, there were also multiple explosives thrown toward Israeli soldiers during the unrest, the IDF said.

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Later Friday, the army said at least three rockets were fired toward Israel from Gaza. Two of the launches were intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defense system, the military said. There are no reports of any casualties from the rocket fire.

In its most recent round of airstrikes, the Israeli military said it attacked dozens of military targets located in a Hamas battalion headquarters in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF said it had "eliminated the battalion's command and control capabilities, the battalion commander's office, as well as unique aerial defense capabilities." In addition, the air force said it targeted a drone warehouse, aerial defense systems, observation posts and a factory used for...